vacate
vacate
Definition
va·cate (vā′kāt′, vā kāt′)
transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing
- to make vacant; specif.,
- to cause (an office, position, etc.) to be unfilled or unoccupied, as by resignation
- to leave (a house, room, etc.) uninhabited or untenanted; give up the occupancy of
- Law to make void; annul
Etymology: < L vacatus, pp. of vacare, to be empty
intransitive verb
- to make an office, position, place, etc. vacant
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Etymology: back-form. < vacation
Informal to spend a vacation
vacate
Synonyms
vacate
v.
vacate
Law Definition
v
- To set aside or make void; to nullify; to vacate a judgment.
- To physically leave, as in to vacate the building. See also abandonment and overrule.
vacate
Usage Examples
Object
- premise: Would all members of New Labor please vacate the premises!
- office: Should the mayor vacate office permanently a by-election is required.
- chair: His Honor Judge Philip Price QC vacated the Chair which was taken by Dr. Gillian Todd.
- slot: The used battery is then placed in the vacated slot for charging.
- property: We can't put things right once you have vacated a property or gone home.
- seat: Kramer is fighting Richmond Park, the seat vacated by Dr. Jenny Tonge.
Subject
- a.m.: Your boat has to be vacated by 10.00 a.m. on your last day.
- noon: Parking spaces must be vacated by noon on the day of departure.
- hour: Rooms must be vacated by 9:30 hours on the day of departure.
Preposition: at
- end: Halls and rooms must be vacated promptly at the end of this period and left tidy with any rubbish disposed of.
Modifying Another Word
- recently: Under the bridge at the junction were once a boat yard only recently vacated was, with a small basin now empty of boats.
- immediately: In those cases the client will be required to vacate immediately.
- finally: It was finally vacated by the Civil Defense in 1956.
- just: He simply moved his opponent around before playing the ball into the area of the court Stiff had just vacated.
- early: A bay vacated early can be used free for the remaining time.
- then: We can then vacate the hall and continue chatting in a local pub.
Used with why or when
- when: Disconnection & Installation Do I need to be at the property I am vacating when the service is being disconnected?
Preposition: by
Browse dictionary entries near vacate
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